19th Texas Legislature

The 19th Texas Legislature met from January 13 to March 31, 1885 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1884 General Election.

Sessions

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  • 19th Regular session: January 13–March 31, 1885

Party summary

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Officers

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Senate

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Lieutenant Governor
Barnett Gibbs, Democrat
President pro tempore
William R. Shannon, Democrat, Regular session
Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore, Democrat, ad interim

House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House
Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, Democrat

Members

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Members of the Nineteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 13, 1885:

Senate

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District Senator Party Took office
1 William L. Douglass 1885
2 Caleb Jackson Garrison 1885
3 William Henry Pope Democrat 1883
4 John A. Peacock 1883
5 Samuel D. Stinson 1885
6 John Lafayette Camp, Jr. 1885
7 Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore Democrat 1885
8 Mansel Y. Randolph 1883
9 James W. Jones 1883
10 W. M. Jerdone 1885
11 John Woods 1885
12 Hermann Knittel 1885
13 John P. Fowler 1883
14 James S. Perry 1883
15 Lochlin Johnson Farrar 1883
16 J. O. Terrell 1885
17 John Johnson 1883
18 William O. Davis 1882
19 Temple Lea Houston 1885
20 William R. Shannon Democrat 1879 (Prior: 1865–1867)
21 William H. Getzendaner 1883
22 Richard H. Harrison 1885
23 Charles Keith Bell 1885
24 George Washington Glasscock, Jr. 1885
25 George Pfeuffer 1883
26 Rudolph Kleberg 1883
27 E. F. Hall 1885
28 Augustus W. Houston Democrat 1879
29 James Henry Calhoun 1885
30 John Henry Traylor 1883
31 William A. Evans 1883

House of Representatives

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Members of the House of Representatives for the Nineteenth Texas Legislature:

Membership Changes

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Senate

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District Outgoing
senator
Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
District 7 Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore Kilgore resigned October 23, 1886 to seek election to the Fiftieth United States Congress Vacant
District 25 George Pfeuffer Pfeuffer died September 15, 1886 Vacant
District 26 Rudolph Kleberg Kleberg resigned September 9, 1886 Vacant
District 27 E. F. Hall Hall died April 28, 1886 Vacant

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